A 45-minute Fourth of July fireworks show -- featuring some 16,000 shells -- helped cap the day shortly after 9 p.m. Attractions earlier in the day included a 4K race, live entertainment and a variety of food. Thousands of people attended.

StateCollege.com photographer Patricia Collins was on hand and snapped many of the images posted here, in the gallery to the right. Others have been submitted by StateCollege.com readers. A video showing the last five-or-so minutes of the fireworks program is embedded below; it was shared by StateCollege.com reader Bruce Weaver.

To add your images to the photo gallery, send them via e-mail to [email protected] or via Twitter to @SCNewsDesk. Please include the name of the photographer -- or photographers -- with any submissions.

Based in State College, 4thFest is supported by an array of local organizations and hundreds of volunteers.